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2020-2021 PROFILE

MISSION To inspire students to become innovative thinkers who communicate with intelligence and clarity, create with vision and purpose, and act with courage and compassion to confidently make a meaningful difference in the world. THE SCHOOL Carolina Day School is an independent, coeducational, non-sectarian, preparatory day school serving grades PK through 12. We are dually accredited by the Southern Association of and and the Southern Association of Independent Schools. The School’s total enrollment, PK-12, for 2019-2020 is 558. Carolina Day School complies with the NACAC Statement of Principles of Good Practice.

THE BY THE NUMBERS School Code: 340119 Enrollment grades 9-12: 213, Enrollment Class of 2021: 56, Average class size: 12, Student/Faculty ratio: 7/1, Number of teaching faculty: 30, Faculty holding advanced degrees: 20

HONOR CODE A hallmark of Carolina Day School is the atmosphere of trust and respect that exists among students, teachers, and administrators. Maintenance of this environment requires that each community member understands and practices values such as honesty, self-discipline, self-respect, and respect for others. The Honor Code has been developed by students, teachers, and administrators to guide the community in achieving these goals. The student-led Honor Council is responsible for ensuring that the principles of the Honor Code are understood and upheld by the student body.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM A minimum of 22 credits are required for graduation. Required credits include English (4), Science (3) Biology and Chemistry required, Social Studies (3) History required, Mathematics (3), World Language (3), Arts (1), Speech or Debate (.5). AP Courses are offered only to 10-12th grades and students are restricted to 3 AP credits per year unless special permission is granted by the Principal.

Subject Area Honors Courses AP Courses English * Literature of Civic Life: American Journalism, Western Philosophy (offered Language and Composition, Literature and Composition in even years), Modern Philosophy (offered in odd years), American Literature, British Literature Social Studies * Western Philosophy (offered in even years), Modern Philosophy (offered in Psychology, European History (not offered after ‘18-’19), odd years), Microeconomics, Macroeconomics US History, World History (offered beginning ‘19-’20), US Government & Politics (not offered in ‘18-’19), Art History (offered in ‘18-’19 and ‘20-’21) Mathematics Integrated Math 3 (offered beginning ‘17-’18), Precalculus Statistics, Calculus BC Science * Physics 1, Biology, Chemistry World Language Spanish 4, Spanish 5, French 4, French 5 Spanish Language, French Language (not offered in ‘20-’21), Spanish Literature (offered beginning ‘20-’21) Fine Arts Studio Art

* Most upper level English, social studies, and science courses are designed by semester, granting teachers greater flexibility and creativity in designing advanced curriculum and allowing students to study topics in greater depth. CLASS RANK Due to the small size of our student body, class rank does not accurately reflect the academic success of our students. Therefore, Carolina Day School does not compute class rank. TESTING PROFILE Scores include our international students and are GRADING The average unweighted GPA of the Class of 2021 calculated using each student’s highest score in each section and superscored is 3.62 as of June 2020. Students are graded out of 100 on total/composites. a 10-point scale, grades are then translated to a 4.0 scale as follows: 2016-2019 2017-2020 SAT A+ 97-100 4.0 C+ 77-79 2.4-2.6 Honors weight Middle Middle ACT Scores Mean scores Mean adds 1.0 50% 50% A 93-96 4.0 C 73-76 2.0-2.3 (140 students) (129 students) A- 90-92 3.7-3.9 C- 70-72 1.7-1.9 AP weight English 23-33 27.8 Evidence based adds 2.0 Math 22-29 25.5 Reading and 580-690 637 B+ 87-89 3.4-3.6 D+ 67-69 1.4-1.6 Writing Reading 26-34 29.3 B 83-86 3.0-3.3 D 63-66 1.0-1.3 Math 550-680 620 Science 23-32 27.1 B- 80-82 2.7-2.9 D- 60-62 0.7-0.9 Composite 24-32 27.4 Combined 1140-1370 1257 F <60 0.0

ACADEMIC At the end of March 2020 through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, Carolina Day School transitioned to remote instruction. Carolina Day students who engaged with their learning during this time were able to maintain or improve the grades earned up to the end of March 2020. We issued traditional grading on a 0-100 scale. Carolina Day School has started the 2020-2021 school year in a hybrid model, with most of our students participating in a rotating in-class and remote model, with no more than 50% student population in our building at one time. Students will be graded using our traditional grading scale of 0-100. During this time the academic integrity of our courses and quality of instructional delivery have remained consistent with the Carolina Day School mission statement. ATHLETICS/CLUBS All 2020 interscholastic athletic activities were canceled from March through August. During this time, Carolina Day School student-athletes were prohibited from attending team practices or competitions. Limited athletic activities, under the guidance of our state athletic association, the Independent Schools Athletic Association, and the Carolinas Athletic Association, our athletic conference, were approved to begin in mid-September. From mid-March through the end of the semester, the student body did not have the opportunity to engage in school-sponsored clubs. School-sponsored club activity resumed in mid-September 2020. COVID-19 UPDATES STANDARDIZED TESTING From mid-March 2020 through fall semester 2020, the class of 2021 has had limited, or no, access to the ACT, SAT, or SAT Subject Tests. Most test administrations have been canceled in our region. We have not only discouraged students from traveling long distances to take the exam, but also discouraged students from risking exposure to COVID-19 to take a standardized test.

Stephanie Whitney Trip Cogburn Margot Moses Jessica Browning Phyllis Armstrong Head of School Interim Upper School Principal Upper School Assistant Principal Director of College Counseling Registrar [email protected] [email protected] & Dean of Students [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

1345 Hendersonville Road Asheville, NC 28803 (828) 274-0757 www.carolinaday.org COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES 2017-2020 * Students matriculated to colleges indicated

Agnes Scott College * Stony Brook Alfred University Guilford Technical Suffolk University* * * SUNY at Albany Anderson University Temple University Appalachian State University* * The * Arizona State University (Main Campus) Hofstra University The New School Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College The State University (Main Campus) Auburn University* Indiana University (Bloomington) The University of Alabama* Austin Peay State University* Kennesaw State University The University of * Trinity College Trinity University Tufts University Lander University of * Lees-McRae College* Blue Ridge Community College* Lehigh University United States Naval * Boise State University Lenoir-Rhyne University University of Alabama in Huntsville* Boston College Lewis & Clark College* University of Arizona * Louisiana State University University of British Columbia* Brandeis University Loyola * University of California (Berkeley)* University of California (Davis) * Maryland Institute College of Art University of California (Los Angeles) Caldwell Community College and Technical Marymount University University of California (San Diego) Institute Massachusetts * University of California (Santa Barbara) Campbell University McGill University* University of California (Santa Cruz) University of Cincinnati (Main Campus) Carson-Newman University * University of Colorado Boulder* Case Western Reserve University Michigan State University University of Connecticut * * Champlain College Montana State University University of Dundee Chapman University New College of Florida University of Georgia* Clark University New York University* University of Glasgow Clemson University* * University of Kentucky Coastal Carolina University* North Carolina A & T State University University of Louisville* * North Carolina Central University North Carolina State University* University of Maine College of Charleston Northeastern University University of Maryland (College Park) * Northern Vermont University (Johnson) University of Massachusetts (Amherst) Colorado State University* University of Miami Columbia University* * University of Michigan* Cornell University* Ohio University* University of Mississippi * Oklahoma State University (Main Campus) University of North Carolina at Asheville* Davis & Elkins College University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* Dean College Oxford College of * University of North Carolina at Charlotte* Pace University* University of North Carolina at Greensboro* DePaul University* Parsons School of Design* University of North Carolina Wilmington* * Pepperdine University University of Notre Dame* University of Oregon Duke Kunshan University* Piedmont College University of Pennsylvania* Pratt Institute* * Purdue University (Main Campus) University of San Francisco East Carolina University Queen’s University University of South Carolina State University Queens University of Charlotte* University of South Carolina (Salkehatchie)* * University of Stirling Elon University* University of Toronto* Emerson College Randolph-Macon College University of Vermont Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New University of * School University of Washington (Seattle Campus) Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising * University of Wisconsin (Madison) * Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology * Fordham University* (New Brunswick) Full Sail University* Saint Edward’s University Villanova University * Saint Mary’s College of California Virginia Commonwealth University Gardner-Webb University Salisbury University * George Washington University Santa Clara University Wake Forest University* Georgetown University * * Georgia Institute of Technology (Main Campus) Savannah College of Art and Design* Washington University in St Louis Georgia State University School of Visual Arts Western Carolina University* Glasgow Caledonian University Sewanee: The University of the South* Western Colorado University Gonzaga University * Western Washington University Southern Methodist University * Southwestern Community College* * Stanford University*